U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Multi-Disciplinary Working Group
Tue, 3/1/2022 - 11:00am - 4:30pm
Wed, 3/2/2022 - 11:00am - 4:30pm
Overview
The Multi-Disciplinary Working Group serves as a fact-finding body of experts external to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide input to guide Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative®, research. The working group assists the NIH Institute and Center Advisory Councils to help ensure that NIH HEAL Initiative research meets the bold, trans-NIH goals for the initiative. Its meetings serve as a forum to engage partners in the private sector and research community, provide a transparent venue for stakeholders and members of the public, and help facilitate exchange of scientific information among NIH HEAL Initiative projects.
Goal
Facilitate sharing of expertise from MDWG relevant to the NIH HEAL Initiative and to specific HEAL projects and discuss specific HEAL research studies to achieve portfolio balance.
Day 1 (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
Session 1: HEAL Research Underway
11:00 am
Welcome and Introductions
Speaker: Dr. Lawrence Tabak, Acting Director, NIH
11:15 am
HEAL Initiative: Overview of Current Portfolio and Programs
Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Baker, Director, NIH HEAL Initiative, Office of the Director, NIH
11:45 am
General Discussion
12:00 pm
Emerging Issues in the Opioid Crisis
Speakers: Drs. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse and Walter Koroshetz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
12:20 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm
BREAK
12:45 pm – 4:00 pm (CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC)
Session 2: FY23 Research Under Consideration
DAY 2 (CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC)
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Session 3: FY23 Research Under Consideration
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Session 4: Summary and Next Steps
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About Multi-Disciplinary Working Group
The Multi-Disciplinary Working Group serves as a fact-finding body of experts external to NIH to provide input to guide Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative®, research.
September 2021 Multi-Disciplinary Working Group
This working group assists the NIH Institute and Center (IC) Advisory Councils to help ensure that NIH HEAL Initiative research meets the bold, trans-NIH goals for the initiative.
March 2021 Multi-Disciplinary Working Group
This meeting served as a forum to engage partners in the private sector and research community, provide a transparent venue for stakeholders and members of the public, and help facilitate exchange of scientific information among NIH HEAL Initiative projects.